Jul 10, 2026 | Bioengineer.org

First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Therapy for Huntington's Disease Announced

Leslie Thompson, PhD., a Huntington’s disease pioneer affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, emphasized the trial’s monumental nature, reflecting decades of preclinical research, rigorous safety evaluations, and regulatory collaboration.

Jul 09, 2026 | SciTechDaily

This 400-Year Shark May Hold the Secret to Preserving Human Vision

On a computer screen in her UC Irvine office, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk watches a Greenland shark drift through the dark Arctic water. … what catches her attention is not the shark’s size or age. It is the eye.

Jul 09, 2026 | Becker's Hospital Review

UCI Health Started as 1 Hospital. 50 years and 6 Hospitals Later, CEO Charts its Future.

UCI Health’s journey as an organization began decades ago as the University of California regents discussed the need for a new hospital…"to improve the health of Californians...,” Chad Lefteris, president and CEO of UCI Health

Jul 07, 2026 | Verywell Health

Research Shows 1 Minute of Intense Exercise is Best for People with High Blood Pressure

"The first thing to understand about the study is that exercise is good, and people should not use high blood pressure as an excuse not to exercise," said Brian Becerra, MD, a cardiologist at UCI Health who focuses on exercise-related cardiovascular care.

Jul 06, 2026 | News Medical Life Science

Psychiatry May Be Moving Closer to Precision Medicine

A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Mass General Brigham-affiliated McLean Hospital suggests that psychiatry may be moving toward something far more precise. … Diego A. Pizzagalli, founding director of UC Irvine's Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries and Distinguished Professor of psychiatry and human behavior, neurobiology and behavior, and biomedical engineering, led the effort.